🔹 Reuben Fine
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster and Psychologist
♦️ Reuben Fine was an American chess grandmaster, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology.
▪️ Full name: Reuben Fine
▪️ Country: United States
▪️ Born: October 11, 1914
New York City
▪️ Died: March 26, 1993 (aged 78)
New York City
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
♦️Reuben Fine was born in 1914. He grew up in New York City and first learned to play chess at the age of eight. After winning several strong American tournaments as a youth, Fine turned to international competition. He played on three US Olympiad teams from 1933 to 1937, winning one gold and one silver individual medal, while all three teams finished first.
After World War II, he was offered an invitation to the World Championship tournament in 1948, but declined to participate. He retired from chess a few years later in order to pursue a career in psychology. In his foreshortened career, Fine played tournament games against five world champions. He had overall plus scores against Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, and Mikhail Botvinnik, and even records against Jose Raul Capablanca and Max Euwe.
He was an author of note, his most recognized works being Ideas Behind the Chess Openings and Basic Chess Endings.
♦️ A memorable game by Fine which known "Every Fine Boy Does Good" in chessgames.com👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Reuben Fine vs Emanuel Lasker
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 1, Aug-10
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37)
♦️Review and download PGN file (Analysed bt Alekhine)👇🏼👇🏼
@unitychess
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster and Psychologist
♦️ Reuben Fine was an American chess grandmaster, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology.
▪️ Full name: Reuben Fine
▪️ Country: United States
▪️ Born: October 11, 1914
New York City
▪️ Died: March 26, 1993 (aged 78)
New York City
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
♦️Reuben Fine was born in 1914. He grew up in New York City and first learned to play chess at the age of eight. After winning several strong American tournaments as a youth, Fine turned to international competition. He played on three US Olympiad teams from 1933 to 1937, winning one gold and one silver individual medal, while all three teams finished first.
After World War II, he was offered an invitation to the World Championship tournament in 1948, but declined to participate. He retired from chess a few years later in order to pursue a career in psychology. In his foreshortened career, Fine played tournament games against five world champions. He had overall plus scores against Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, and Mikhail Botvinnik, and even records against Jose Raul Capablanca and Max Euwe.
He was an author of note, his most recognized works being Ideas Behind the Chess Openings and Basic Chess Endings.
♦️ A memorable game by Fine which known "Every Fine Boy Does Good" in chessgames.com👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Reuben Fine vs Emanuel Lasker
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 1, Aug-10
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37)
♦️Review and download PGN file (Analysed bt Alekhine)👇🏼👇🏼
@unitychess
📘 38.h4?
White has missed an opportunity in time trouble.
He could have obtained a winning position with 38.Ne3.
(38.Ne3! Kg6 39.N×d5 Qd7 40.Nc7! K×h6 41.N×e6 Q×e6 42.Q×a7 +-)
38...Kg6 39.h×g5 f×g5 40.Ne3 Qf7 41.N×d5 B×d5 ½-½
White has missed an opportunity in time trouble.
He could have obtained a winning position with 38.Ne3.
(38.Ne3! Kg6 39.N×d5 Qd7 40.Nc7! K×h6 41.N×e6 Q×e6 42.Q×a7 +-)
38...Kg6 39.h×g5 f×g5 40.Ne3 Qf7 41.N×d5 B×d5 ½-½
📘 12...Q×c5?
Black has fallen into a well-known trap in the London system.
13.B×h7+
For the first time, this continuation was played by French GM Erik Prie in 2009. Interestingly, in 2012, Homayoun Tofighi successfully employed the same preparation against Omid Noroozi.
13.B×h7+ K×h7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Ne4 Qb5 16.Ng5 Rfd8 17.Q×f7+ Kh8 18.0-0-0 +-
Black has fallen into a well-known trap in the London system.
13.B×h7+
For the first time, this continuation was played by French GM Erik Prie in 2009. Interestingly, in 2012, Homayoun Tofighi successfully employed the same preparation against Omid Noroozi.
13.B×h7+ K×h7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Ne4 Qb5 16.Ng5 Rfd8 17.Q×f7+ Kh8 18.0-0-0 +-
📘 7...Nf8
A Sideline in Carlsbad structure to transfer the knight to g7 and prepare the exchange of the light-squared bishops with ...Bf5.
8.Bd3 Ne6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.0-0 g6 11.b4 Ng7 12.Qb3 Be6
(12.a4 Bf5)
A Sideline in Carlsbad structure to transfer the knight to g7 and prepare the exchange of the light-squared bishops with ...Bf5.
8.Bd3 Ne6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.0-0 g6 11.b4 Ng7 12.Qb3 Be6
(12.a4 Bf5)
📘 37.Qc4?? (37.Rf1=)
Black's blunder in very big time trouble.
37...Q×f3 38.Qc8+ Rf8 39.Qc1 Qf6 0-1
Black's blunder in very big time trouble.
37...Q×f3 38.Qc8+ Rf8 39.Qc1 Qf6 0-1
📕 17...b2!
A powerful idea! - in effect, Black secures the bishop on a6 for the time being. The weakness of d3 provides a measure of compensation for White's powerful pawn on c6. 18.Bxb2 Nc5.
A powerful idea! - in effect, Black secures the bishop on a6 for the time being. The weakness of d3 provides a measure of compensation for White's powerful pawn on c6. 18.Bxb2 Nc5.
📕 16.Nc4! Ba6 17.Nxd6!
Of course! With a clearly defined plan of advancing in the center, the d6 pawn is key to Black's defence and its removal is well worth the exchange. 17...Bxf1 18.Qxf1+/-.
Of course! With a clearly defined plan of advancing in the center, the d6 pawn is key to Black's defence and its removal is well worth the exchange. 17...Bxf1 18.Qxf1+/-.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 331
A: Bg5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
C: b4 – 1
👍👍 20%
B: Nd3
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
A: Bg5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
C: b4 – 1
👍👍 20%
B: Nd3
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.